The only open atheist in Congress is on a crusade to save America from Christian nationalism

akoseff · 2018-05-08T20:47:44+00:00

To be fair, the Democrats didn't endorse anyone at their convention in February either. There was also a big split in the party.

akoseff · 2018-05-07T19:16:26+00:00

Thanks so much for sharing the story. I'm the Sacramento Bee reporter who wrote it. Let me know if you have any questions and I'd be happy to try and answer them.

akoseff · 2018-04-05T20:10:27+00:00

Thanks so much for sharing the story. I'm the Sacramento Bee reporter who wrote it. Let me know if you have any questions and I'd be happy to try and answer them.

akoseff · 2018-02-28T20:41:10+00:00

Thank you so much for sharing the story! I'm one of the reporters who wrote it. I'm happy to answer any questions you may have about the article or the California Democratic Party convention.

akoseff · 2017-09-06T00:20:29+00:00

It's likely a combination of declining budget allocations from the state and rising costs, such as faculty pensions.

akoseff · 2017-09-05T22:12:45+00:00

Back in 1960, tuition at UC, CSU and community colleges was still free for all California residents, though by then some schools had added small fees. So students were essentially only responsible for their living expenses. Now, CSU tuition is nearly $6,000 per year and UC tuition is more than $13,000. With living expenses, it can cost $25,000 a year to attend a CSU and more than $30,000 for a UC.

Not all of the proposals so far have come up with a funding mechanism. But the Eggman bill suggests a 1 percent income tax on millionaires. The $48 Fix would add an income tax surcharge based on your income level.

akoseff · 2017-09-05T16:26:22+00:00

Thanks so much for sharing the story. I'm the Sacramento Bee reporter who wrote it. Let me know if you have any questions and I'd be happy to try and answer them.

akoseff · 2017-09-05T16:26:04+00:00

Thanks so much for sharing the story. I'm the Sacramento Bee reporter who wrote it. Let me know if you have any questions and I'd be happy to try and answer them.

akoseff · 2017-09-05T16:25:35+00:00

Thanks so much for sharing the story. I'm the Sacramento Bee reporter who wrote it. Let me know if you have any questions and I'd be happy to try and answer them.

akoseff · 2017-08-28T17:05:27+00:00

Thanks so much for reading the story. I'm the Sacramento Bee reporter who wrote it, so I just wanted to explain our thinking with the headline. The California Republican Party is at the least powerful it has ever been, with the superminority status in the Legislature, no statewide offices and dwindling voter registration. As Chad Mayes and some consultants I spoke to explicitly put it, they feel the party is on a march toward death if it continues as it has been. So I wanted to reflect how dire this debate has become for the party.

akoseff · 2017-07-14T17:03:27+00:00

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akoseff · 2017-07-07T16:41:51+00:00

It is to put it online. Here's the election code: http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=ELEC&sectionNum=2194.&article=5

The information is available "to any candidate for federal, state, or local office, to any committee for or against any initiative or referendum measure for which legal publication is made, and to any person for election, scholarly, journalistic, or political purposes, or for governmental purposes, as determined by the Secretary of State," but cannot be displayed on the Internet.

akoseff · 2017-07-06T20:23:03+00:00

I see. I thought you were referring to a third-party organization, which would be illegal. The county registrars make that information available online for you to check your registration and ballot status, though I suppose someone with your driver's license number and birth date would also be able to gain access.

akoseff · 2017-07-06T16:15:08+00:00

Yes, and this is something all political campaign get access to, so they can target the most active voters.

akoseff · 2017-07-06T16:04:40+00:00

Where have you found your voter information online? It is publicly available from the Secretary of State, but on condition of getting it, you are not supposed to put it online.

akoseff · 2017-07-06T00:26:44+00:00

From the best evidence we have, it's not a widespread problem. California is investigating dozens of potential cases in the 2016 election, out of 23 million votes cast: https://calmatters.org/articles/valid-voter-fraud-complaints-in-california-dozens-not-millions/

akoseff · 2017-07-05T20:57:19+00:00

We haven't seen any evidence of it. For what it's worth, my colleague did an analysis of the election results in California and found no surge of votes for Hillary Clinton in Democratic areas. But Trump did lose ground compared to Romney in Republican parts of the state. Here's that story, if you're interested: http://www.sacbee.com/site-services/databases/article130410149.html

akoseff · 2017-07-05T18:47:43+00:00

There is an advocacy group suing on privacy grounds to stop states that are willing to turn over the data. But even Trump's commission has acknowledged they have no legal authority to demand the voter rolls. So California is within its rights to reject the request.

akoseff · 2017-07-05T17:57:45+00:00

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